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I think that is it. I seem to remember it got steeper towards the bottom and then we climbed a steep track back up onto to downs before descending again into Corfe. I now have a Haibike sDuro Yamaha that would have been a lot more suitable but the Oxygen lives on and gets a lot of use still...

I few years ago I stayed in a hotel at the Boscombe end of Bournemouth and rode to Poole along the sea front and then got the chain ferry to the Isle of Purbeck which I wanted to explore. I was riding my first electric bike an Oxygen emate city which although sturdy has no serious off road...

Also batteries do slowly degrade over time, so the more you use your bike the more value you will get from your battery. Get riding.

If you want a rather crude way of deciding how long you want your battery to be charged these plugs can help. They also provide a second safeguard that cuts the current to the battery if the charger were to malfunction.

I use my Haibike sDuro Yamaha simply to commute a round trip of 26 miles. As a non expert my own take on looking after my own battery means doing a few simple things. If I am not using my battery I remove it from the bike and store it in a dry cupboard inside my house until I next use the bike...

Whatever the range it is best to keep the battery topped up as much as possible when you are using it. I do a 26 mile return trip to work and my bike can do this if required when I have forgotten to take my charger with me, but I can charge my battery at work and this means it is full before I...

Hi, I wondered what assist level you use when working hard to cruise at 26-27 MPH. Also what gearing do you use on your cassette and chain ring and lastly how quickly you wear out your top gears when commuting at this speed. I also commute on a sDuro Hard Seven and use a 12 tooth top gear with...

My Haibike sDuro Hardseven is used entirely to commute to work using a mixture of road and off road but more off road. It has a rack fitted and I carry probably too much stuff and it gets used year round and encounters mud and sand water etc. Most of the tracks are pretty straight forward...

Get a tring tring traditional bell, £5 from Halfords. I get a great reaction from those I tring tring, mostly perhaps because pedestrians are grateful to get any warning and have got used to cyclists whizzing by with no warning. Why do cows have bells? Because their horns don't work. you know it...

On one section of my ride to work that passes a beautiful lake a pair of Swans have very recently produced six signets which is a lovely sight on my journey

I have found the throttle on my 2011 Oxygen useful in ways I had not thought of when I bought it. If the chain jams or comes off it still provides forward movement to allow you to choose a safe place to stop and sort out the problem. If you cannot solve the problem it will help to get you...

I had a slight creak that was starting to get worse and really annoying on my sDuro yamaha. After reading this thread I checked the tightness of the engine mounting bolts and the bolts that hold the chainring on. The bolts for the motor were tight but the chainring ones would all take a...

On one of the hills I regularly use to get back home from the shops I can hit just shy of 20mph in the standard setting on my yamaha but that does require me to hunker down and add as much effort as I can, sort of team effort. Even on steep hills in standard it can maintain 12mph with a...

Congratulations Hillhelp. I think you have made a great choice. I feel very lucky to be able to cycle to work and back and feel much healthier for doing so. My round trip distance to work and back and my need to carry quite a weight of stuff in panniers meant that an ebike was the only...

One other point for a regular commuter to consider is that the main ebike parts on most hub powered bikes being sourced from china are much cheaper than Yamaha or Bosch, ie replacement motor, likewise battery. But that Captus sounds great and I assume all the main electrical bits are...

I have ridden 3000 miles a year commuting a minimum round trip of 20 miles and up to 28 miles. I have an Oxygen emate city 2011 hub powered bike with a throttle and a 2015 yamaha sduro crank powered bike. I would agree with all the advantages d8veh mentions above for hub powered bikes...

I had a race of sorts myself returning from Sainsburys yesterday. I filtered past a roadie on the approach to a set of lights. At the next set of lights I turned left to climb a quarter ish mile hill before I turn off towards my house. I had slightly handicapped myself with two Ortlieb panniers...

Bike bought 20th March Haibike sDuro HardSeven SL 2015 Yamaha, 27/04/17 Important follow up review for Yamaha owners. I rode my Haibike to work and back for four return trips from the 15th to the 18th of March and could hear a rhythmic noise that was louder when under load climbing, though...

Buy a Peugeot 406 HDI estate for next to nothing on Ebay and put your bike in the cavernous boot when the rear seats are folded down. So much easier than any kind of rack and much more secure. Rear seats fold in seconds. 50+ miles to the gallon, 600+ miles to a tank of diesel. Either keep it...

Georgehenry, I'm currently thinking that I might put a single chain ring on my Ultra 1964. I have been riding a few other bikes lately that have a single chain ring set up, and prefer it. A single chain ring is simple if it gives you the gear range you require. Although I hardly ever ride it...